Division of Clark (state) explained

Clark
State:	tas
Created:	2018 (Clark) 1909 (Denison)
Mp:	Vica Bayley (Greens) Simon Behrakis (Liberal) Helen Burnet (Greens) Ella Haddad (Labor) Kristie Johnston (Independent) Madeleine Ogilvie (Liberal) Josh Willie (Labor)
Mp-Party:	Labor (2), Liberal (2), Greens (2), Independent (1)
Namesake:	Andrew Inglis Clark
Electors:	74397
Electors Year:	2018
Area:	292.62
Class:	Inner metropolitan
Near-N:	Lyons
Near-Ne:	Lyons
Near-Nw:	Lyons
Near-E:	Storm Bay
Near-W:	Lyons Franklin
Near-S:	Franklin
Near-Se:	Storm Bay
Near-Sw:	Franklin
Fedgov:	Clark

The electoral division of Clark is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, it is located in Hobart on the western shore of the River Derwent and includes the suburbs below Mount Wellington. Clark is named after Andrew Inglis Clark, a Tasmanian jurist who was the principal author of the Australian Constitution. The electorate shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Clark.

The electorate was renamed from the electoral division of Denison in September 2018. Denison was named after Sir William Denison, who was Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (1847–55), and Governor of New South Wales (1855–61). The renaming of the electorate to Clark was in line with the renaming of the federal division of Denison to Clark.

Clark and the other House of Assembly electoral divisions are each represented by five members elected under the Hare-Clark electoral system (also named after Andrew Inglis Clark).

History and electoral profile

Clark was renamed from the Denison when amendments to the Tasmanian Constitution Act 1934 gained Royal Assent on 28 September 2018,^[1] aligning Tasmania's state electoral divisions with the federal divisions which had undergone a boundary redistribution, including renaming Denison to Clark, and was formally gazetted on 14 November 2017.^[2]

The division is located on the western side of the Derwent River, covering a part of Kingborough and all of the Hobart and Glenorchy local government areas. Covering an area of 292.26 km² it is the smallest of Tasmania's five electoral divisions.

Representation

Distribution of seats

As 6-member seat:

Election	Seats won
1909–1912	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1912–1913	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1913–1916	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1916–1919	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1919–1922	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1922–1925	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1925–1928	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1928–1931	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1931–1934	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1934–1937	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1937–1941	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1941–1946	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1946–1948	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1948–1950	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1950–1955	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1955–1956	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1956–1959	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15

As 7-member seat:

Election	Seats won
1959–1964	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1964–1969	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1969–1972	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1972–1976	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1976–1979	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1979–1982	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1982–1986	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1986–1989	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1989–1992	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1992–1996	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1996–1998	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15

As 5-member seat:

Election	Seats won
1998–2002	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
2002–2006	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
2006–2010	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
2010–2014	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
2014–2018	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
2018–2021	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
2021–2024	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15

Legend:

width=15		Labor
width=15		Liberal
width=15		Greens
width=15		Nationalist
width=15		Liberal
width=15		Anti-Socialist
width=15		Democrats
width=15		Independent

Members for Clark and Denison

Year	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
1909			Sir John Davies	Anti-Socialist		Walter Woods	Labor		William Sheridan	Labor			Sir Elliott Lewis	Anti-Socialist			Frederick Rattle	Anti-Socialist			Edward Crowther	Anti-Socialist
1912		Liberal			Liberal						Vincent Barker	Labor			Francis Valentine	Liberal
1913	Lyndhurst Giblin			Labor				William Fullerton	Liberal
1914			William Sheridan							Labor
1916	John Cleary	Labor										William Burgess		Liberal
1917						Charles Hoggins	Nationalist				Nationalist			George Foster	Nationalist		Nationalist
1919						Robert Cosgrove	Labor	John McPhee	Nationalist			Robert Snowden		Nationalist
1922					Charles Grant	Nationalist					Charles Culley		Labor
1924				Leslie Payne			Nationalist
1925			Robert Cosgrove	Labor		Walter Woods	Labor			John Soundy		Nationalist
1928		Charles Grant			Nationalist						Edmund Dwyer-Gray		Labor
1931	Gerald Mahoney		Labor			Ernest Turner	Nationalist
1932		Arndell Lewis		Nationalist
1934	Robert Cosgrove	Labor		Charles Culley	Labor									George Carruthers	Independent
1937						Francis Heerey	Labor		Arndell Lewis					Nationalist
1941			Ernest Turner					Nationalist
1941			Alfred White			Labor	Charles Atkins	Nationalist
1945									Francis Heerey		Labor
1946										Robert Harvey		Nationalist
1946									Horace Strutt	Liberal			Liberal		Rex Townley	Independent
1948				Henry Hope	Labor			Bill Wedd			Independent
1950				Frank Gaha	Labor							Liberal
1953							Leo McPartlan	Independent
1955								Bill Hodgman			Liberal
1958	Eric Howroyd	Labor
1959			Bert Lacey			Labor
1959	Harry McLoughlin	Labor	Charley Aylett			Labor			Bill Wedd	Independent				Sir Archibald Park		Liberal
1959											Independent		Horace Strutt	Liberal
1964																Independent
1964				Ken Austin	Labor	Merv Everett	Labor		Nigel Abbott	Liberal						Robert Mather	Liberal
1965			George Brown					Liberal
1969	Neil Batt	Labor	Bob Baker					Liberal			Max Bingham	Liberal
1972										Kevin Corby			Labor
1974						Ian Cole	Labor		John Green	Labor
1976				Julian Amos	Labor								Max Robinson	Liberal
1979							John Devine						Labor
1980		Norm Sanders	Democrats			Bob Graham		Labor	Gabriel Haros	Liberal
1982						Geoff Davis		Liberal						Peter Walker	Liberal
1983		Bob Brown	Independent Green
1984	Bob Graham						Labor				Carmel Holmes	Liberal
1986																Independent
1986	Neil Batt			Labor	Judy Jackson		Labor		Ray Groom	Liberal		John White	Labor	John Bennett	Liberal
1987						John Barker		Liberal
1989			Greens	David Crean							Labor
1990	Chris Gibson													Liberal
1992	Julian Amos			Labor							Michael Hodgman			Liberal
1993		Peg Putt	Greens
1996	Jim Bacon			Labor		Bob Cheek		Liberal
1998
2001									Michael Hodgman	Liberal
2002								Graeme Sturges			Labor
2004	David Bartlett			Labor
2006					Lisa Singh	Labor
2008		Cassy O'Connor	Greens
2010					Scott Bacon	Labor		Matthew Groom	Liberal	Elise Archer	Liberal
2011	Graeme Sturges			Labor
2014	Madeleine Ogilvie			Labor
2018	Ella Haddad			Labor			Sue Hickey	Liberal
2019									Madeleine Ogilvie			Independent
2021						Liberal						Independent
2021					Kristie Johnston		Independent
2023a		Vica Bayley	Greens									Independent
2023b										Simon Behrakis	Liberal
2024													Josh Willie	Labor			Helen Burnet	Greens

Election results

See main article: Electoral results for the Division of Clark (state).

See also

• Tasmanian Legislative Council

External links

• Parliament of Tasmania
• Tasmanian Electoral Commission - House of Assembly

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Constitution Amendment (House of Assembly Electoral Boundaries) Act 2018 . Tasmanian Legislation . Government of Tasmania . 13 December 2018.
2. Web site: Determination of names and boundaries of federal electoral divisions in Tasmania . Australian Electoral Commission . 13 December 2018.